PATTERN: BOTTOM-UP / LEVEL: BEGINNER-INTERMEDIATE

Create your own Filbert with a removable vest and a cute bow tie, bucko!

For this project you’ll need:

Suggested materials:

• 3 mm crochet hook with light weight yarn (3/DK) in the colours turquoise blue, light orange/coral and any colour of your choice for the bow tie
• 2.5 mm crochet hook with fine weight yarn (2/Sport) in the colours white and dark blue
• 3.5 mm crochet hook with medium weight yarn (4/Worsted) in any colour of your choice for the vest
• A small piece of felt sheet in the colours black, white and pink
• A small piece of felt sheet in the colour dark blue OR
• A small piece of dark blue embroidery floss, super fine weight yarn (1/fingering) or fine weight yarn (2/Sport) for the mouth and eyebrows
• Scissors
• Tapestry needle
• Pin needles
• Stuffing fibre
• Craft glue
• Tape measurer

Yarn information:

For this project, I used:

• Light weight yarn (3/DK) Snuggly Replay 50% cotton / 50% acrylic from Sirdar in the colours Sea Blue Splash (I used about one and a half balls of yarn) and Orange Squashed (just a small piece). My recommendation for substitution of those is the fine weight yarn (2/Sport) Cotton Fair 52% cotton / 48% acrylic from Premier in the colours Turquoise (one ball should be enough) and a small piece of Coral, using the same size hook.
• Light weight yarn (3/DK) Happy Cotton 100% cotton from Sirdar in red with a 3 mm hook for the bow.
• Fine weight yarn (2/Sport) Cotton Fair 52% cotton / 48% acrylic from Premier in white with a 2.5 mm hook.
• Fine weight yarn (2/Sport) Cablé 2005 100% Egyptian mercerized cotton from Sesia in dark blue with a 2.5 mm hook.
• Medium weight yarn (4/Worsted) Capri 57% cotton / 28% nylon/ 15% polyester from Loops & Threads in the colour Turquoise with a 3.5 mm hook for the vest.

My abbreviations (based on US terms):

• MR - magic ring
• ST - stitch
• CH - chain
• SL ST - slip stitch
• SC - single crochet
• INC - increase (2sc in the same st)
• DEC - decrease (sc 2 together)
• DC - double crochet
• HDC - half double crochet
• BLO - back loops only (do the stitches using only the back loops of your work)
• FLO - front loops only (do the stitches using only the front loops of your work)
• ( )xNUMBER - number of times you have to repeat everything inside the brackets
• square brackets - total number of stitches on the row
• Half Colour Change: I used the half-colour change technique on this pattern to give Filbert’s head detail a better finishing. You don’t need to, but I highly recommend learning the method, since it makes a big difference in the final result and, once you get the hang of it, it’s not as complicated as it might seem at first. You can find the tutorial for the technique here: https://youtu.be/hetvd3B0IPY

Tips:

• If you’re unfamiliar with any crochet stitches used in this pattern, try searching YouTube for “stitch name + tutorial.” You’ll find plenty of beginner-friendly, detailed video guides.
• Rows without a mention of a chain between them are worked in continuous rounds. To keep track, use a stitch marker to mark the last stitch of each row.
• In crochet, yarn over (YO) and yarn under (YU) refer to how the yarn is wrapped around the hook when making stitches. Yarn over (bringing the yarn over the hook from back to front) is the standard technique and is used throughout all my patterns unless stated otherwise. Yarn under (bringing the yarn under the hook from front to back) creates tighter stitches and a firmer fabric. Using yarn under instead of yarn over may result in slight differences, such as a smaller final piece, more visible slip stitches, and a firmer, less soft texture.

Fanart crochet pattern designed by Lumy Levenhagen. Don’t share, sell, re-write, copy or translate any part of this pattern.